British energy company draws up plans to increase production

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THE German group that supplies gas to millions of British households under its Powergen brand is trying to boost production from a power station in Kent for the first time since the miners’ strike in a move to prevent any disruption to supplies.

E.ON UK said that it was already drawing up contingency plans and had held early talks with the Environment Agency about increasing production at its oil-fired power station in the Isle of Grain in Kent, in a move not seen since 1984.

The power station runs intermittently, but has the potential to supply power to about 1.25